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<p>[QUOTE="Muhammad Niazi, post: 24823653, member: 83232"]Not exactly publishing a hoard, more displaying a part of coins for the forum to view, from a bigger lot that I couldn't purchase in its entirety. Unfortunately dealers from Afghanistan obtain these coins from detectorists who keep their locations secret. If locations are known even, the coins change hand going from dealer to dealer coming to Pakistan and switching hands once again till someone purchases it for a collection. The details are lost in transition. There's still around 100 coins unpurchased which also include some coins from antiochus I.</p><p>(I'm not sure if such a market analysis can lead to an official publication)</p><p><br /></p><p>A few bactrian obols popped up in the market alongside these bronzes which led me to assume a connection, as I've never seen bactrians in this volume appear.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the finders and dealers were more archaeology oriented in their discoveries to list locations then that would have been great. Unfortunately it's more a trade than a scholarly activity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Muhammad Niazi, post: 24823653, member: 83232"]Not exactly publishing a hoard, more displaying a part of coins for the forum to view, from a bigger lot that I couldn't purchase in its entirety. Unfortunately dealers from Afghanistan obtain these coins from detectorists who keep their locations secret. If locations are known even, the coins change hand going from dealer to dealer coming to Pakistan and switching hands once again till someone purchases it for a collection. The details are lost in transition. There's still around 100 coins unpurchased which also include some coins from antiochus I. (I'm not sure if such a market analysis can lead to an official publication) A few bactrian obols popped up in the market alongside these bronzes which led me to assume a connection, as I've never seen bactrians in this volume appear. If the finders and dealers were more archaeology oriented in their discoveries to list locations then that would have been great. Unfortunately it's more a trade than a scholarly activity.[/QUOTE]
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